Ask how they can best be assisted or moved, and whether there are any special considerations or items that need to come with them. Always ASK someone with a disability how you can help BEFORE attempting any rescue technique or giving assistance.This is standard practice to ensure the safety of disabled people and volunteers. Wheelchairs will be evacuated later if possible. DO NOT evacuate disabled people in their wheelchairs.Two or more trained volunteers, if available, should conduct the evacuation.Volunteers should obtain evacuation training for certain types of lifting techniques.If a volunteer is not available, designate someone to assist who is willing to accept the responsibility. Occupants should be invited to volunteer ahead of time to assist disabled people in an emergency.
Do not make an emergency situation worse.Įvacuation can be difficult and uncomfortable for both the rescuers and the people being assisted. Consider your options and the risks of injuring yourself and others in an evacuation attempt. Evacuating a disabled or injured person yourself is the last resort. The following guidelines are intended to help evacuate people with disabilities. University Commons – Administrative and MarcheĮlevator Lobby at the center of 2nd & 3rd floors Red Emergency Phone 2nd floor Steele available Music Library – Emergency Exit to Outside, 2nd-4th Floors (Carnahan) – Elevator Lobby Middle Hallway on 2nd floor, Stairwell near English Departmentġst Floor - Elevator Lobby, 2nd Floor – West Stairwell, 3rd Floor – East Stairwell
Unofficial – No signs / phone 1st Floor use main entrance The following areas have been identified as official areas of rescue assistance (areas of refuge) (1996 Report, Brian Black, Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association (EPVA)) equipped with signage and two-way communication: Campus building If no campus owned evacuation devices and/or volunteer assistance is available, or if the person cannot be moved in a safe manner, then the Fredonia Fire Department will be requested to assist in the movement of the disabled person.Īreas of Rescue Assistance (Areas of Refuge) are locations with direct access to an exit where individuals who are unable to use the stairs may remain temporarily (safely) during an emergency until rescue personnel can assist them out of the building.This includes the use of a Stair Chair to transport the person to the ground floor. A campus owned evacuation devices could also be used by trained volunteers.Building Safety Coordinators, University Police and other trained volunteers can be used. Volunteer assistance may be used to assist the person to the ground floor only if the person consents and that the moving technique does not endanger the disabled person.For example, the elevator is inoperable and the student/employee is on an upper floor and cannot use the stairs. If there is an occasion in which a person with a disability is unable to use an elevator to move about a particular building. The DSS or HR department will coordinate this request with the VP of Finance & Administration. If a disabled student or employee does not have access to a smart phone, the University will loan a smart phone to the disabled person. The purpose of this questionnaire is to gather information to assist in educating, alerting, evacuating and sheltering individuals who may need assistance during an emergency.Īll self-identified students and employees are required to register with the NY-Alert and RAVE Guardiansystems.
The email will contain a voluntary self-identification questionnaire, which will be forwarded to the DSS (for campus students) or Human Resources (for campus employees). The Department of Environmental Health & Safety & Sustainability will send this notification via email. At the beginning of each academic semester, the University shall ask all students, faculty and staff if they require assistance during an emergency.